Main legislation, codes of practice, and/or standards that apply to roofing design, including safety.

Occupational relevance

Training delivered against this standard is relevant to the following occupational group(s):

Operative and craft

Technical

Supervision

Management and leadership.

Candidate pre-requisites

There are no candidate pre-requisites as part of this standard. However, a basic knowledge of roofing terminology and techniques would be beneficial.

Instruction/ supervision

As a minimum, course instructors must be able to demonstrate that, in relation to this standard, they have:

A train the trainer or instructional techniques course certificate

Successfully completed training to this standard

At least 2 years relevant industrial experience

A verifiable CV.

Delivery

The following methods may be used in the delivery of this standard: classroom, elearning, or a blend.

All materials and equipment must be of a suitable quality and quantity for candidates to achieve learning outcomes and must comply with relevant legislation.

The class size and candidate/instructor ratio must allow training to be delivered in a safe manner and enable candidates to achieve the learning outcomes.

Learning should include at least 20% of learning activities for candidates to design and specify roofing for sample building scenarios.

Assessment

For the successful completion of training, the trainer will be required to make a declaration of the learner’s contribution during the course and that they are confident the learner has understood the content of the course.

Quality assurance

Quality assurance against this standard will require initial approval of the training organisation and their content mapped to the standard.

CITB will also conduct an approval intervention, either desk-based or centre visit, to ensure the training organisation can meet the requirements of the training standard.

Approved training organisations will be required to present information on records of training and assessment upon request to CITB for desk based analysis. They will also be visited annually by the CITB quality assurance team.

Renewal

There are no mandatory renewal or recommended refreshment requirements for this standard.

Approval date

17th November 2017

Review cycle

Either on request or in 3 years from approval date.

Learning outcomes

The candidate will be able to:

Read manufacturers’ design drawings.

List the main steps for designing a metal roof system (contract and legislative).

List the performance factors to consider when designing a metal roof system.

Describe the main parts of a metal roofing system, using simple drawings with text descriptions.